Episode 2 – September 14:
Fiona Looney: Newspaper columnist, playwright, scriptwriter and one-time music journalist and regular contributor on the Gerry Ryan Show on RTÉ 2fm, Fiona has been accumulating – and occasionally losing – records since her pocket money as a kid allowed. Now with grown children herself, one of whom has commercially released her own music, Fiona’s still-evolving music taste is increasingly influenced by her family and theirs by hers.
As physical records – mainly vinyl, but also CDs and now even cassettes – continue to gain significant sales momentum worldwide, in the third series of For The Record, a unique format for RTÉ Gold, music fan and radio and TV producer/presenter, Pat O’Mahony, once again visits the homes of ten well known Irish or Irish-based folk who, like him, have over the years amassed noteworthy hard-copy record collections.
Some of the ten are directly or indirectly involved in the music business so might be expected to have a predilection for accumulating such physical musical delights; others will have nothing to do with the business at all but are merely huge music fans afflicted to differing degrees with this addictive collecting bug.
While digging through their varisized shelves he’ll hear music from and stories behind their music treasure troves, from their earliest record encounters, first purchases and most recent acquisitions, to any regrettable impulse buys or moving, stolen or loan losses over the years, all the while discussing the importance of music to them at different points in their lives and why today they continue to buy and play records when nearly all music is only an online click away.